I have read your site and I am appalled at what I have seen. I never knew
that such abuse existed. I cannot support you financially but I shall be
praying for you.

My opinion on this is that I do not think such cruelties should be done,
however, I do not think not eating certain animals is totally wrong. I
believe that God created animals for us to love and care for but also to
provide food for us.

I am not saying that I agree with the conditions or the methods that the
animals have to suffer. I think there should be better and less crueler ways
to process meat.

Cattle and pigs and chickens are good meat and God did provide them to
supply us. I think though that farmers should treat their animals with more
respect and humanity. It would also be better for the meat if it wasn't
running around in contaminated and unsanitary livings.

Also if they took care of their animals they might have fewer deaths. And
quite frankly if they want to make a quick buck or two they shouldn't be in
the farming business. It takes clean, honest work.

I know very little about meat process but I do know enough that you
should treat animals kindly and with love.

But I do not think one should stay absolutely away from meat. If you look
at scripture in the time of Moses the Israelites were complaining about no
food. God sent them quails. Meat. If God did not want us to eat meat then
why would he send meat to His chosen people?

Please believe me that I have no disrespect for your cause but I don't
think becoming a vegetarian will help or solve the problem.

Thank you for your time.

Reply from Frank and Mary

Dear Roxanna:

Thank you for your letter and comments.

The problem is that 95% of all commercially sold animal products comes
from factory farming operations where the pressure is on to produce the
cheapest meat, dairy and eggs, and the cheapest way is to cause the animals
to suffer greatly. These farmers won't change until financial pressure is
brought upon them by taking away the money by not buying their products.

We're open to any other suggestions you have to solving this problem?

God has already supplied the people with manna (a vegan food) when they
began complaining about wanting meat, and we need to remember that supplying
the quail was not God's will but His concession. The proof of this is
that thousands of people died from eating the quail.